In this era of unprecedented scoring, it takes quite a feat to raise eyebrows among those in the bowling community.

One of those feats played out over the weekend at AMF Summit Lanes.

On the Saturday morning AMF Singles, Korey Reichard, who is all of 10 years old, rolled games of 265, 257 and 278 — flirting with perfect games a couple times along the way — for an astounding 800 series.

It’s an accomplishment that appears to rank Korey as the youngest to shoot an 800 series in the country, pending certification from the United States Bowling Congress.

A USBC official confirmed Monday that the record for the youngest bowler to shoot an 800 series belongs to Kamron Doyle, who was 11 years, 2 months and 1 day old when he achieved the feat March 14, 2009.

That beat out Chaz Daniels, who was 11 years, 5 months old in 2008 when he shot an 815 series.

Korey, a right-hander who will turn 11 on May 29, was 10 years, 7 months and 23 days on Saturday when he shot 800.

No youth bowlers in Jackson rolled sanctioned 800 series last year and just 40 adults did it, according to the Greater Jackson USBC. David Rodriguez II, now a senior at Jackson High School, had the highest sanctioned series of youth bowlers with 778 last year.

“I’m just totally amazed,” said his father, Todd Reichard. “It’s bigger than we could even imagine, way bigger. I’m speechless. I mean, what can you say? He probably doesn’t have a clue how big this is.

“I’ve won tournaments, Jill’s won tournaments, I’ve had 300s and 800s, won state championships, and this is greater than anything I’ve ever done.”

Korey earlier this season shot his first 700 series — a 702 on Nov. 12.

That was peanuts compared to Saturday.

Using a bowling style like nothing you’ll find in any how-to-bowl textbook, Korey fired his big set during the brackets for the AMF Singles after qualifying first with a four-game set of 860. Korey, who averages 190 in the AMF Singles, started his first bracket match with the front seven strikes and finished with a 265. He then shot 257 against his sister, Kelsea, who was also his opponent in the final game of the AMF Singles when he shot his 702 series.

“We knew he had a shot at a big 700, but no idea he’d shoot 800,” said his mother, Jill Reichard.

He kept his tally on a piece of paper at his table and after the second game told his parents he needed a 278 to shoot 800.

He started the final game with the first eight strikes and left a 10-pin in the ninth. He covered the spare, fired two more strikes in the 10th and left a 10-pin on his last ball.

“We were all jumping and yelling, and he just went over to his paper, added it up to be sure, and then got wide-eyed,” Jill Reichard said.

He used a Brunswick Nexus Solid, a Christmas gift that he also used to shoot 279 at the Harvey and Mildred Sparr Tournament on Dec. 31. His ultimate goal is to shoot a 300 game.